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Fresh Air For Office-Workers

A sedentary office life means, as a rule, insufficient fresh air during the hours of daylight, slackness of the muscles of the frame and especially the abdomen, and frequently eyestrain caused by close work by poor artificial light.

Fresh, pure air can be assured by proper ventilation and office discipline in the way of keeping windows open. In addition, there is a growing tendency towards the adoption in office and shops of some form of control of ventilation in the way of “conditioned air.”

Air conditioning is objectionable to many, because it means sealing all windows, and removes the possibility of arranging the temperature and especially the humidity of the air to suit the individual taste. Most people like to have the management of the windows under their control. It is true that one would become accustomed to sealed windows, and predetermined air, but

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Slippers In The Office.

Has an employer the right to dismiss his typist because she wears slippers while working in his office? A young woman, at the end of January, told the judge in a Paris court that she had been in the employ of the manager of a bank.

Some time ago she was operated on for appendicitis. When she resumed work she experienced pain when she wore her elegant shoes. So, on arriving at her office, the first thing she did, following the advice of her doctor, was to put on comfortable slippers. This was noticed by her employer, who said he would not allow it.

As the typist refused to wear her shoes in the office the bank manager told her she had to choose between her post and her slippers. She selected the slippers, and was dismissed. The judge decided to think the matter

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